The Nauvoo Discovery Program began as a passion project to address the changing needs in the Nauvoo community and to provide a spiritually strengthening and enriching environment for college-aged students to discover the extraordinary treasures Nauvoo offers. 

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The journey began in 2010 when Brian Christiansen first set foot in Nauvoo, Illinois, with his wife and two teenage children. The experience had a significant impact on his family. In 2020, he returned to Nauvoo and purchased a business and even added a museum.

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However, his passion project was to design a program for Young Single Adults to come to Nauvoo and learn about the history and early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who built “The City Beautiful.”

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He eventually crossed paths with Darren Adair, who shared his vision, and together, they set to work and designed a program unlike any other—The Nauvoo Discovery Program!

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We are a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization.

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